A few national dailies report on their front pages that Bulgaria has violated three European directives in the way it launched TV digitalization. A ruling of the European Court to that effect was carried on Thursday.
All judges, prosecutors and investigators shall be checked for honesty, writes Sega. Their incomes will be checked to see whether these correspond to their lifestyles. Checks will include conflicts of interest.
24 Hours reports that Social Minister Ivailo Kalfin plans to introduce changes to the Labor Code to cut the mandatory workday from 8 to 5 hours. The working week however remains 40-hours and 5 days long. Such a reform would allow employees to work just 5 hours a day one or two days a week, while during the rest of the week they could compensate for shorter days with extra hours.
Standard raises the issue of different electricity rates for exports and for domestic customers. At present Bulgarian companies’ interests are hurt given that they pay surcharges in obligations to society that foreign customers of Bulgarian electricity do not pay, expert Konstantin Delisivkov explains. In this way the Bulgarian industry pays 9 euro more per MW hour of electricity compared to foreign companies, and their competitiveness is hurt.
The central press on Friday also front-pages the prospects of the adoption by the National Assembly of a declaration in connection with the 100th anniversary of the genocide against Armenians in Turkey. „With procedural tricks the ruling party has replaced the item for the discussion of a declaration condemning the genocide against Armenians from the top of Friday’s parliamentary agenda. This has triggered a row in the plenary hall”, writes Trud.
English Daniela KonstantinovaOn Saturday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 2 and 7°C, in some valleys in the south-east 0°C, in Sofia 2°C. During the day there will be cloudy weather with heavy precipitation in the eastern areas. In the western part of the..
At an extraordinary meeting, the National Assembly examines the report of the temporary parliamentary committee on the agreement between the state gas supplier Bulgargaz and Turkish energy company Botas. However, the conversation moved into the..
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Stefan Dimitrov stated that he remains in office until there is a presidential decree for his release. We recall that his replacement was requested by the caretaker PM Dimitar Glavchev a week after taking..
Italy supports Bulgaria's full-fledged membership in the Schengen area, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said. Mattarella is on a two-day visit to..
Bulgarian Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has met with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte , the press service of the Council of..
The Bulgarian Socialist Party will send the parliamentary report on the gas contract with the Turkish state-owned energy company Botas to the..
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